Essential oil composition is related to the natural habitats: Coridothymus capitatus and Satureja thymbra in NATURA 2000 sites of Crete

Phytochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 2668-2673

  Karousou, Regina ^a   Koureas, Dimitrios N ^a   Kokkini, Stella ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carvacrol; Coridothymus capitatus Reichenb. fil.; Crete; Essential oils; Labiatae; NATURA 2000; Natural habitat type; Satureja thymbra L.; Thymol

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; GREECE; THYME;

ENVIRONMENT; GREECE; OILS, VOLATILE; THYMUS PLANT;

CORIDOTHYMUS CAPITATUS; LAMIACEAE; SATUREJA THYMBRA;

EID: 27744562940     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2005.09.020     Document Type: Article

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